KTCC vs. ELTK, SGMA, IRIX, NSYS, INUV, QMCO, INSG, CUTR, PODC, and LPSN
Should you be buying Key Tronic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Key Tronic include Eltek (ELTK), SigmaTron International (SGMA), IRIDEX (IRIX), Nortech Systems (NSYS), Inuvo (INUV), Quantum (QMCO), Inseego (INSG), Cutera (CUTR), PodcastOne (PODC), and LivePerson (LPSN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Eltek (NASDAQ:ELTK) and Key Tronic (NASDAQ:KTCC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Eltek has a net margin of 13.60% compared to Eltek's net margin of 0.72%. Key Tronic's return on equity of 26.20% beat Eltek's return on equity.
64.6% of Eltek shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Key Tronic shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.0% of Eltek shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Key Tronic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Key Tronic had 5 more articles in the media than Eltek. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Key Tronic and 1 mentions for Eltek. Key Tronic's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Eltek's score of 0.30 indicating that Eltek is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Key Tronic received 102 more outperform votes than Eltek when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.77% of users gave Key Tronic an outperform vote while only 53.48% of users gave Eltek an outperform vote.
Eltek has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Key Tronic. Eltek is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Key Tronic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eltek has a beta of -1.73, meaning that its share price is 273% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Key Tronic has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eltek beats Key Tronic on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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